provision

Roget category 637

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#637. Provision

noun

provision, supply — grist, grist for the mill — subvention etc. (aid) 707 — resources etc. (means) 632 — groceries, grocery.
providing etc. v. — purveyance — reinforcement, reenforcement^† — commissariat.
provender etc. (food) 298 — ensilage — viaticum.
caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple^†, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador [Sp.], restaurateur — jackal, pelican — sutler etc. (merchant) 797^†.
grocery shop, grocery store.

verb

provide — make provision, make due provision for — lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store.
supply, suppeditate^† — furnish — find, find one in — arm.
cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage — beat up for — stock, stock with — make good, replenish — fill, fill up — recruit, feed.
have in store, have in reserve — keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand — have to fall back upon — store etc. 636 — provide against a rainy day etc. (economy) 817.

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